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Competing for critical elements
Are we too dependent on metals and minerals that are increasingly hard to get hold of?
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Inflation: friend or foe?
Is inflation still public enemy number one, or a useful economic tool for central bankers?
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Does Business have a responsiblity beyond making a profit?
Are companies there to please their shareholders or do good? Can they do both?
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The quest for energy security
Is there such a thing as safe energy?
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Is the global economy on the mend?
Is this the year we put the global financial crisis behind us?
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Innovation
Innovation – at the heart of an economy or an optional extra?
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Do good ethics make good business?
Do ethics fly out of the window as we chase profit? Or is an ethical code key to business?
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Banking black hole
Andrew Walker and guests discuss the size of the black hole of debt facing Europe's banks.
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Troubles Ahead?
Manuela Saragosa's guests unpick the economic threats in America and the eurozone.
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Sharing the Wealth
Do the global super-rich elite bring any benefit to the rest of society?